Lamilu Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Lamilu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lamilu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2471:717,17732,914
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576

Lamilu (238) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Nigeria

Lamilu Demographics

Lamilu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

Sample size: 37 (2012)

Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

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Lamilu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lamilu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lamilu is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lamilu.

How Common Is The Last Name Lamilu? popularity and diffusion

Lamilu is the 988,329th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. The last name Lamilu is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Lamilu live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lamilu is also the 580,229th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 238 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 247 people, or 1 in 717,177. In Nigeria Lamilu is primarily found in: Kano, where 51 percent live, Katsina, where 32 percent live and Borno, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 5 percent live.

Lamilu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Muslim (92%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lamilyu921/
Lamilhau8654/
Lammailu860/
Lamulu836/
Lamelu831/
Lomilu831/
Lomilus775/
Lamelus771/
Lamailloux7550/
Lomelu6724/
Lemuelu623/
Lomelus621/
Lemeleu621/
Leumeleu574/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lamilu
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